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HOW TO SOLVE CONUNDRUMS.
Why was it, as an old woman in a scarlet cloak was crossing
a field in which a goat was browsing, thata most wonderful
metamorphosis took place? Because the goat turned to butter
(butt her), and the antique party to at scarlet runner!
What is the most wonderful animal in the iurm-yard? A pig,
because he is killed and then cured !
Why does a stingy German like mutton better than venison?
Because he prefers “ zat vich is sheep to zat vich is deer.”
Which animal is the heaviest in all creation? A 1e(a)d horse.
"l‘wa.s winter, and some merry boys
To their comrades beckoned,
And forth they ran with laughing tongues,
And much enjoyed my second.
And as the sport was followed up,
There rose ll gladsome burst,
When lucklessly amid their group
One fell upon my first.
There is with those of larger growth
A winter of the soul,
And when they fall, too oft, alas!
They evidence my u‘h0l'>.
Buck-slide.
Why has the beast that carries the Queen of Siuni’s palunquln
nothing whatever to do with the subject? Because it’s her ele-
phant (irrelevant).
What did the seven wise men of Greece do when they met the
sage of Hindoostan? Eight saw sages (atc sausages).
What small animal is turned into a large one by being be-
headed? Fox-ox.
Why is an elephant’s head different from any other head?
Because if you cut his head oi! his body, you doh’t take it from
the trunk.
Which has most legs, a cow or no cow? No cow has eight
legs,
Why is at cent liken cow? Because it has a head and a tail
and two sides.
When a hen is sitting across the top of a five-barred gate, why
in-l she like a cent? Because she has a head one side and a tail
the other.
Why do old maids wear mittens? To keep on’ the chaps.
Why does a miller wear a white hat? To keep his head
warm.
What is the dliference between a winter storm and a child
with a cold? In the one it snows, it blows; the other it blows
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Who are generally most sick of children? The people who
“ bring them up.”
Who are children most sick of? The mothers that bore them.